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The town and its curiosities.
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who finished it very expeditiously. Two statues adorn the
uncovered bridge, which, even in a dark night, this point
being well lit, produces a peculiar effect, affording a
beautiful prospect, especially when the sun is setting, or
the moon rising. One of the two statues, that which faces
the town, is enclosed in an iron railing and represents
the elector Charles Theodor, in whose reign the bridge
was built; at his feet the Gods and Goddesses of the
rivers : Rhine, Ncckar, Danube and Mosella, are reposing.
The other statue represents the figure of Minerva, the
Goddess of wisdom, at whose feet likewise symbolical
figures repose, which are intended to represent the four
faculties of the university. Both statues, together with
the byfigures, have been executed by Link, the then
statuary to the court, at Mannheim. They were damaged
in the above - mentioned storm (1799), by which the bridge
suffered so much. The marks of the balls are still to be
seen in the statue of Charles Theodor. On the other side
of the bridge, on the way to Ziegelhausen, there is a
statue of St. Nepomuck to be seen.
The church of the Holy Ghost, in the market-place,
is the most considerable, both for its size and its histo-
rical relations. It cannot be ascertained when it was built;
it is, however, mentioned in a document of the cloister
of Schatnau of the year 1239. Robert III, on his coming
to the throne, appointed this church to be a cathedral;
and, likely, he is the founder of the edifice, which was
completed under Lewis III (1413); the steeple, however,
seems to have been finished later, under Frederick I, or
after his decease. The chapter, which was intended for
12 prebendaries, was endowed by the three electors with
several benefices, part of which, however, was secularised
at the time of the reformation, whilst the rest was as-
signed to the university and the spiritual revenues of
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who finished it very expeditiously. Two statues adorn the
uncovered bridge, which, even in a dark night, this point
being well lit, produces a peculiar effect, affording a
beautiful prospect, especially when the sun is setting, or
the moon rising. One of the two statues, that which faces
the town, is enclosed in an iron railing and represents
the elector Charles Theodor, in whose reign the bridge
was built; at his feet the Gods and Goddesses of the
rivers : Rhine, Ncckar, Danube and Mosella, are reposing.
The other statue represents the figure of Minerva, the
Goddess of wisdom, at whose feet likewise symbolical
figures repose, which are intended to represent the four
faculties of the university. Both statues, together with
the byfigures, have been executed by Link, the then
statuary to the court, at Mannheim. They were damaged
in the above - mentioned storm (1799), by which the bridge
suffered so much. The marks of the balls are still to be
seen in the statue of Charles Theodor. On the other side
of the bridge, on the way to Ziegelhausen, there is a
statue of St. Nepomuck to be seen.
The church of the Holy Ghost, in the market-place,
is the most considerable, both for its size and its histo-
rical relations. It cannot be ascertained when it was built;
it is, however, mentioned in a document of the cloister
of Schatnau of the year 1239. Robert III, on his coming
to the throne, appointed this church to be a cathedral;
and, likely, he is the founder of the edifice, which was
completed under Lewis III (1413); the steeple, however,
seems to have been finished later, under Frederick I, or
after his decease. The chapter, which was intended for
12 prebendaries, was endowed by the three electors with
several benefices, part of which, however, was secularised
at the time of the reformation, whilst the rest was as-
signed to the university and the spiritual revenues of